confession on camera. hear what lambs -- lance >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at -- breaking news. >> it is official. lance armstrong is a teacher. in an interview released tonight by oprah winfrey, armstrong said he needed to use performance enhancing drugs to win seven consecutive tour de france

titles. clips in a few minutes. >> our other big story tonight. the snow has arrived. sort of. this is well to the south down in lynchburg, virginia. we have been there this winter system. >> we have storm watch coverage for you right now. bob is tracking what is coming next. we sent jay korff out to find snow. he is now live in virginia. >> we thought there was a possibility of getting a few inches here in the stafford fredericksburg area. it was not meant to be but that did not stop us from finding quite a bit of snow. >> it was going and going. >> this note streaming down -- the snow steaming down we had to drive 30 miles south of

stafford virginia to find snow sticking to services. >> ya'll drove down just to see snow? >> he is concerned. conditions along the way are much more treacherous. >> we are going to take our time. and laydown, that is what we are going to do. >> many salt trucks could only sit and wait for their next assignment. >> 6 inches is what i heard. >> weather systems are not always predictable. early in the afternoon, a heavy storm was quickly washed away by rain. >> hopefully i will not see much snow on the truck anymore. >> the potential for an overnight re-freeze, turns wet roads into icy ones. >> i am concerned about that.

>> the bridge and a department of transportation officials are concerned about and overnight re-freeze. here in the central virginia area, they are keeping a full complement of talks on standby possibly to salt or to stand -- to sand. >> thank you. be careful driving back. we -- it looks like changes are on the way. bob ryan has his first look at why the snow did not make it here. >> in all candor, i was decreasing last night to receive any significant snow around the washington area. look at the live doppler. we are in that dry spot. for folks into southern maryland and around to

fredericksburg, but the eastern shore, there is still a winter storm warning out for some accumulation. for stafford and box south, that will be the area where there could be an issue tomorrow morning. here is where we were last night. the storm races off to the east and south of washington. makes a big difference, just a few miles. what is left of it is off in the north carolina coast, raising out to sea behind it. sunshine coming back tomorrow the first time in a week. temperatures in the 20's heading out to work. i will tell you more in a few minutes. >> parts of the deep south are also dealing with winter weather. this is video from alabama. the central part of the state. snow and ice their lead to several accidents. last check no word on any

serious injuries related to that story. you can track the conditions in time for our region on our weather page and keep track of the weather on our storm watch seven app. bob will update his complete forecast in a few minutes. >> let's go back to the breaking news tonight. it is official, lance armstrong comes clean, years after denials he reveals to oprah winfrey in an interview that aired this evening that he had used performance enhancing drugs during his racing career. >> i have used -- view the situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. as you said, it was not as if i just said no and moved on. >> you were defiant. you called other people liars. >> i understand that. >> armstrong said he could not have won 7 consecutive tour de

france titles without using the drugs. he talked about how the doping help hold up the perception of this storybook life, recovering from cancer to a string of championships. >> all the blame falls on me. but behind the picture and story, there is momentum. whether it is fans or the media it just gets going and i lost myself and all that. >> he stressed he did not force others on his racing team to use drugs like him. his admission comes hours after the international olympic committee asked him to return his bornze medal he earned in 2011. >> a long signed -- jurors convicted richmond phillips on all charges. a year-and-a-half after both

victims were found. more from the family of the young woman and the little girl. >> it took jurors two hours to reach a verdict tonight. the former d.c. police officer was found guilty on all seven charges, including two murder charges, one for his coffin, the other for his own doctor. -- one for his girlfriend, the other for his own daughter. >> all the lies, the deceit, everything they have done. today is the day it ended. >> it ended with a guilty verdict for a 39-year-old richmond phillips, guilty in the murders of his girlfriend and their doctor, jaylin. he was painted as a man desperate to keep his mistress is secure from his wife and to do so, shot her berfore and

dragging her into a wooded area. he left the baby to bake in 90 degree heat. >> he says he thought someone was playing a joke on him when he opened the car door and saw the baby lying in their, dead. i am glad justice is served. >> the two weeks of testimony included surveillance footage of phillips and his girlfriend as before her death. the prosecutors were quick to characterize phillips as a predator. >> he is guilty. that is the best gift we can get right now for him. >> the sentencing is set for march 22. prosecutors are pushing for life without parole. >> thank you for that.

it developing story out of montgomery county where police are investigating a bazaar restaurant robbery in gaithersburg. around 8:15, two men into this latino restaurant and sprayed the manager and a customer with a fire extinguisher. he grab the cash register and ran out. no one was hurt. >> the aurora colorado theater open tonight. it was a private gathering. some boycotted the event. 12 were killed and in the rampage. dozens more were injured. the owner plans to temporarily reopen the complex to the public tomorrow them permanently we open next friday. fairfax county teachers do not teachersguns in schools. that is what the overwhelming majority revealed by a new poll taken. out of that as -- those

surveyed, only 5% believe guns should be allowed in schools. 34% believed it depends on the circumstances. 4% supports the idea of arming teachers and principals. >> in the district, a closing of 15 schools next year. this led to a protest outside chancellor kaya henderson's home. this will affect about 2500 students. they will have to transfer to other schools. this will save the city about $8.5 million a year. >> in the aftermath of a 911 outage during the derecho storm some harsh words. the panel says verizon failed to monitor and respond to the outages. the june 29 storm disrupted

calls for nearly 2 million people in northern virginia. >> marion barry is making headlines again. why he says the fbi tried to kill him more than 20 years ago. >> the bucket and it strikes. the suspect takes steps to avoid surveillance cameras. >> some folks fear they have lost something but this week, they are getting it back.

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>> most robbers wear a mask. police say this suspect forgot his. in a panic, the suspect improvised and put a bucket on his head as a disguise. detectives say the men used to work at this restaurant in new orleans. despite his efforts to not be recognized, they still got his face on surveillance video and that was enough for police to recognize and then arrest him. >> some shocking new allegations

surfacing tonight. coming from d.c. councilman marion barry in connection with his -- connection with federal agents 20 years ago. he claimed the fbi tried to kill him. in a report, he said he believed the fbi supplied his girlfriend with crack cocaine and that the bureau had a emt on standby when he was arrested. an aide calls the claim upsurge. also days away from the washington capitals official return to the ice. the nhl season starts saturday but tonight, the caps posted a big welcome back party for their fans. >> , the is loud -- tom rouse is live in d.c. >> among those excited, the businesses around the verizon center. they lost a lot of money because we have not had hockey after it was supposed to star in our october.

but the die-hard fans are definitely excited. our fans excited hockey is back? the kind of art. so much sore, -- they kind of are/ so much so they ran in tonight. fans feared a lockout would force them to miss the entire season. >> i cannot stand that. >> hockey fans are not your normal sports fans. >> we are a unique breed of fans. >> living without hockey last three months left them without a lot to do. >> i was stuck watching the minor leagues, canadian high key -- hockey. >> the caps are doing what they can to get fans back.

tonight food and sodas were free. the team hopes a lot of these fans will return as paying a customer's next week. i got my capitals calendar right here. this is the opener. two days from now, 7:00. might be tough to go to. it is going to be down in tampa. this coming tuesday, the capitals will host the winnipeg jets. from the folks i talk to, there will be a lot of passionate fans very glad that hockey will be back that night. >> good deal. thank you. tonight the national association of black journalists held its annual hall of fame of eight -- event at the newseum. it included legendary sports writer glendale smith to help to

segregate baseball. and our very own maureen bunyan was the mc. i am sure was a wonderful evening. >> she has been marking very hard on that. very proud of that. >> and now snow to -- and no snow to delay that. >> ramping up our new store march 7. on facebook, i put up are you relieved a disappointed? i think it's 50/50. let me take you down to blacksburg. that is where the snow, 2-3 inches is. you can see the winds picking up there, too./ not foo far -- too far down the road. what is coming next?

women get the storms even when they miss us -- when we get those storms, even when they missed us, but cold air follows. tomorrow, it will feel like winter. they can see the leftover circulation for the storm's center. down to our south and rapidly moving out to se. right on the edge. even around spots not too far to the south. winter storm warnings for folks in the lower eastern shore. even in to the tip of st. mary's county. still smelling around richmond. -- snowing around richmond. early tomorrow morning temperatures will be all around the freezing mark. because the roads are driving around washington, i cannot think it will be any problem. heading up i-95 walked out.

there could be some eyespots. the main thing tomorrow, the strong northwesterly wind bringing in so cold air. gusty northwesterly winds. by tomorrow afternoon, not much above freezing. the nice thing will be for the first time in a week, we will see a sunny day. then into the weekend, not quite as chilly. bundle up. it will feel like it is into the 20's tomorrow afternoon with that dusty wind up to 25 mph. the wind shield in to the 20's. not quite as cold as they go into the weekend. for an inauguration day on monday another shot of cold air. slight chance of a passing flurries. snow flurries. snow lovers, we missed it. >> how about sun lovers?

>> sun lovers tmorrow. -- tomorrow. >> the high school game of the night. the nats superstar is introduced. in a preseason night with the caps. look at brawer.

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palmdale california man created a fake twitter account for the woman who never existed. the heisman trophy runner-up was supposed to talk with espn tonight but did not do the interview. notre dame continues to stand behind te'o. they believe he is a victim and telling the truth. all anybody wants to know is what did he know and when did he know it? rafael soriano was introduced to nats fans tonight. it will be 6 inning ball game. rizo talk about it this afternoon >> greater than he told me he appreciated everything we have done for him -- >> he told me he appreciated everything we have done for him.

go out and have a good year and make a lot of money. the caps were back on the ice for fan appreciation night. terrific enthusiasm. they had a good workout for the lead for florida to take on tampa saturday night. them back to tuesday for the home opener against winnipeg. we caught up with the >> team owner greater than we are going to do everything we can to make amends for losing some money games. what the fans what is a really good team. >> high school basketball has always been great in the d.c. area gonzaga anxd dematha. jt 3 was in the house. going to villanova. 22. tonight -- 22 points tonight. high school sports scene so clean tonight after ago from the never existed and lance

armstrong sang his career was a lie.

>> to celebrate her 49th birthday, first lady michelle obama launched a twitter

account. her staff will run the account. the. tweet asked followers to wish her a happy birthday. from time to time, mrs. obama may actually tweet. she will sign the message "mo." this will replace @michelleo

>> the storms. a few miles make a difference. we have an interactive blog going all day to keep you posted. we will keep you posted 24/7 throughout the day. it was a very busy throughout the office today. colder tomorrow. bundle up. only in the we're sitting on a bunch

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